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15 Dec 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders in the biofuels industry wrote President Donald Trump on Friday after learning Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had floated a proposal to the White House that would essentially cap prices for renewable identification number (RIN) credits at 10 cents apiece. The proposal from the Texas senator, ne...
15 Dec 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A coalition of more than 70 agriculture groups sent a letter late Thursday to congressional leaders asking for an increase in the Agriculture budget for the fiscal year 2018 Agriculture appropriations bill on which Congress is working. The letter was sent to House and Senate Republica...
15 Dec 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- The development of specialty fertilizers has seen dramatic growth since 2000 as the fertilizer industry attempts to improve resource management and agricultural profitability while the world's population increases. This, in turn, has caused a busy decade of investment as fertilizer companies deve...
14 Dec 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The final tax-reform package vaunted by Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump is expected to be released Friday with several major compromises on tax rates and deductions that will affect farmers and small businesses for years to come. Lawmakers and their staffs were cautious not ...
14 Dec 2017
By Pamela SmithCrops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The drama over dicamba herbicide use continued this week as some states wrestled with requiring spray regulations over and beyond new federal labels. Evidence of continued turmoil came on Dec. 12, as an Arkansas Legislative Council subcommittee kicked a proposed ban on in-crop use of the...